Apple sent out emails this evening to some early Apple Watch preorder customers, emphasizing “We’re working on your order.” iPhoneinCanada reader Jeremy shares the email, in its entirety below:

Dear Jeremy ******,

Your Apple Watch will be delivered between April 24th and May 8th. When your order ships, we’ll send you an email with a specific delivery date and tracking information.

To help you get started and learn about the amazing things you can do with Apple Watch, please see our Guided Tour videos.

Apple Watch requires iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, or iPhone 6 Plus with iOS 8.2 or later. Please take a moment to check that your iPhone is up to date.

Thank you for choosing Apple.

Sincerely,

Apple Store

The email appears to be targeting those who made initial preorders just after midnight and received a delivery window of April 24 to May 8. Apple’s email says those orders will be delivered within that timeframe, to suggest orders may not arrive on Friday, April 24.

We preordered a 42mm Apple Watch Sport in Space Gray right after the midnight launch and received a shipping date of May 21 to June 2. But a 42mm stainless steel Apple Watch with Classic Buckle preordered well after the midnight launch right now is “Preparing for Shipment” with a delivery window of April 24 to May 8.

With 38 combinations of Apple Watch set to launch simultaneously in nine countries, the task at hand to fulfill all of these orders at once remains a tricky one, even for Apple’s slick supply chain.

At the end of the day, we’ll just have to be patient and hope orders get fulfilled sooner rather than later. Chalk this up as a serious case of #firstworldproblems.

My guess is that Apple doesn’t want to admit they have had a hard time producing the Stainless Steel and Edition models because of the sapphire display and cases taking timely to perfect, which is why the aluminum models are shipping in large numbers first, much easier to produce and assemble.

any thoughts?

OliChabot

I think they just don’t want to admit that this release was pretty bad. They have Sports model issues too, especially with the Space Grey model…